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SPATA31A7

Spermatogenesis-associated protein 31A7

Also known as: FAM75A4, FAM75A7, S31A7_HUMAN, SPATA31A4

Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q8IWB4
Gene
SPATA31A7
Ensembl
ENSG00000276040
Chromosome
9
Canonical length
1347 aa
Protein class
Predicted membrane proteins
Subcellular location
Acrosome,Equatorial segment

OverviewNCBI Gene

Predicted to be involved in cell differentiation and spermatogenesis. Predicted to be located in membrane. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

1347 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q8IWB4|SPATA31A7
     1  MENLPFPLKL LSASSLNAPS STPWVLDIFL TLVFALGFFF LLLPYLSYFR CDDPPSPSPG
    61  KRKCPVGRRR RPRGRMKNHS LRAGRECPRG LEETSDLLSQ LQSLLGPHLD KGDFGQLSGP
   121  DPPGEVGERA PDGASQSSHE PMEDAAPILS PLASPDPQAK HPQDLASTPS PGPMTTSVSS
   181  LSASQPPEPS LPLEHPSPEP PALFPHPPHT PDPLACSLPP PKGFTAPPLR DSTLITPSHC
   241  DSVAFPLGTV PQSLSPHEDL VASVPAISGL GGSNSHVSAS SRWQETARTS CAFNSSVQQD
   301  HLSRHPPETC QMEAGSLFLL SSDGQNVVGI QVTETAKVNI WEEKENVGSF TNRMTPEKHL
   361  NYLRNLAKSL DAEQDTTNPK PFWNMGENSK QLPGPQKLSD PRLWQESFWK NYSQLFWGLP
   421  SLHSESLVAN AWVTDRSYTL QSPPFLFNEM SNVCPIQRET TMSPLLFQAQ PLSHLGPECQ
   481  PFISSTPQFR PTPMAQAEAQ AHLQSSFPVL SPAFPSLIQN TGVACPASQN KVQALSLPET
   541  QHPEWPLLRR QLEGRLALPS RVQKSQDVFS VSTPNLPQES LTSILPENFP VSPELRRQLE
   601  QHIKKWIIQH WGNLGRIQES LDLMQLRDES PGTSQAKGKP SPWQSSMSTG ESSKEAQKVK
   661  FQLERDPCPH LGQILGETPQ NLSRDMKSFP RKVLGVTSEE LERNLRKPLR SDSGSDLLRC
   721  TERTHIENIL KAHMGRNLGQ TNEGLIPVCV RRSWLAVNQA LPVSNTHVKT SNLAAPKSGK
   781  ACVNTAQVLS FLEPCTQQGL GAHIVRFWAK HRWGLPLRVL KPIQCFKLEK VSSLSLTQLA
   841  GPSSATCESG AGSEVEVDMF LRKPPMASLR KQVLTKASDH MPESLLASSP AWKQFQRAPR
   901  GIPSWNDHEP LKPPPAGQEG RWPSKPLTYS LTGSIQQSRS LGAQSSKAGE TREAVPQCRV
   961  PLETCMLANL QATSEDVHGF EAPGTSKSSL HPRVSVSQDP RKLCLMEEVV NEFEPGMATK
  1021  SETQPQVCAA VVLLPDGQAS VVPHASENLV SQVPQGHLQS MPTGNMRASQ ELHDLMAARR
  1081  SKLVHEEPRN PNCQGSCKSQ RPMFPPIHKS EKSRKPNLEK HEERLEGLRT PQLTPVRKTE
  1141  DTHQDEGVQL LPSKKQPPSV SPFGENIKQI FQWIFSKKKS KPAPVTAESQ KTVKNRSRVY
  1201  SSSAEAQGLM TAVGQMLDEK MSLCHARHAS KVNQHKQKFQ APVCGFPCNH RHLFYSEHGR
  1261  ILSYAASSQQ ATLKSQGCPN RDRQIRNQQP LKSVRCNNEQ WGLRHPQILH PKKAVSPVSP
  1321  PQHWPKTSGA SSHHHHCPRH CLLWEGI

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against SPATA31A7 can act on the native protein depends on physical access: surface and secreted proteins are reachable by circulating antibodies, intracellular proteins usually are not.

Antibody reachability
Unknown
Secreted
No
Transmembrane segments
1
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.67
Highest tissue expression
2.4 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • testis: 2.4 nTPM
  • adipose tissue: 0 nTPM
  • adrenal gland: 0 nTPM
  • amygdala: 0 nTPM
  • appendix: 0 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 0 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • early spermatids: 0.4 nCPM
  • late spermatids: 0.4 nCPM
  • late primary spermatocytes: 0.1 nCPM
  • adipocytes: 0 nCPM
  • adrenal cortex cells: 0 nCPM
  • adrenal medulla cells: 0 nCPM

Immune cell

  • basophil: 0 nTPM
  • classical monocyte: 0 nTPM
  • eosinophil: 0 nTPM
  • gdT-cell: 0 nTPM
  • intermediate monocyte: 0 nTPM
  • MAIT T-cell: 0 nTPM

Brain region

  • cerebral cortex: 0.2 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 0.1 nTPM
  • thalamus: 0.1 nTPM
  • white matter: 0.1 nTPM
  • amygdala: 0 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 0 nTPM

Genetic constraint and essentialitygnomAD · DepMap

Does the body need this protein intact? Low LOEUF or a strong DepMap dependency means loss or blockade of the protein is likely to be felt.

gnomAD LOEUF (loss-of-function intolerance)
1.94
gnomAD pLI
0
gnomAD missense Z
-0.56
DepMap mean gene effect
-0.33
DepMap dependency class
selective

OntologyGO

Biological processes

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads SPATA31A7 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against SPATA31A7 could matter depends on whether native SPATA31A7 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

SPATA31A7 is annotated as predominantly intracellular. Intracellular proteins are common autoantibody markers, becoming visible to the immune system after cell injury or altered processing, but are usually markers of disease rather than direct drivers.

Annotation status

The present source text does not explicitly label SPATA31A7 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/SPATA31A7. Study-independent annotations aggregated from UniProt, Human Protein Atlas, PubMed, IEDB, Pfam, InterPro, Gene Ontology, AlphaFold, gnomAD, DepMap, ClinVar, TCGA. Catalog release seroatlas-reviewed-human-uniprot-20260313.

Seroatlas is the reference for exploring autoantibody and antibody serology at the human-protein level: the autoreactome and human serome, multiplex serology (HuProt, HuScan, VirScan, PhIP-Seq).

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